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Visit of Manhay and Diekirch museums

Paratrooper.be Posted on March 11, 2020 by Wouter HasMarch 15, 2020

On February 29th, I visited the WWII museums at Manhay and Diekirch with Yeomanry – the club of wartime vehicle enthousiasts. We went there by bus, so we had a lot of time to talk on the way about our … Continue reading →

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101st Airborne Market Garden tour August

Paratrooper.be Posted on November 18, 2017 by Wouter HasNovember 24, 2017

These are photos of the Market Garden trip I made with my son in August. I didn’t get around to posting them yet, but here they are, all 219 of them! First you see photos from the Overloon war museum, … Continue reading →

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Airborne Cemetery Oosterbeek

Paratrooper.be Posted on November 13, 2017 by Wouter HasNovember 12, 2017

The Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, also called the Airborne Cemetery, is a British war cemetery that mostly contains graves of airborne and glider troopers. They were mostly British, but also many Polish and some other nationalities enlisted in the British … Continue reading →

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Airborne Museum Oosterbeek

Paratrooper.be Posted on November 12, 2017 by Wouter HasNovember 12, 2017

Here are some photos I made of my visit to the Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek (Arnhem). Overall, I liked the museum, although its focus is purely on the British parachute and glider operations in the area, so don’t expect to … Continue reading →

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Visit to 101st Airborne Museum Bastogne

Paratrooper.be Posted on July 20, 2016 by Wouter HasJuly 18, 2016

I visited this museum in the same weekend as the Bastogne War Museum. The 101st Airborne Museum is more for the paratroopers enthusiasts and knowledgeable collectors. It is located in the former officers mess building of the Belgian Army, built … Continue reading →

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Visit to Bastogne War Museum

Paratrooper.be Posted on July 18, 2016 by Wouter HasJuly 18, 2016

In May I visited Bastogne for a weekend with my son. We revisited the Bastogne Historical Center which has been completely transformed into the Bastogne War Museum. It has been enlarged and the collection pieces have changed. Some of the … Continue reading →

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German escape compass?

Paratrooper.be Posted on February 21, 2016 by Wouter HasFebruary 21, 2016

These photos of a small German compass were sent to me by Nikolaas Ottevaere. The compass is 25mm wide and 8mm tall. That’s a bit large to have been an escape compass, but I recently stumbled upon a very similar … Continue reading →

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Invasion armflag Operation Dragoon

Paratrooper.be Posted on September 6, 2015 by Wouter HasSeptember 6, 2015

These photos were sent to me by Lisa Sharik, deputy director of the Texas Military Forces Museum in Austin, TX. She read the article on all the different variations and thought she’s share this special one from the museum. It … Continue reading →

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December 44 Museum at La Gleize revisited

Paratrooper.be Posted on May 25, 2015 by Wouter HasJune 4, 2015

Two years after its opening, I visited the renewed Dezember 44 museum at La Gleize, Belgium. It is now called the “December 44 Historical Museum La Gleize“. I had been meaning to visit it for a long time, but never … Continue reading →

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Museum review: For Freedom museum, Knokke (B)

Paratrooper.be Posted on August 25, 2014 by Wouter HasAugust 30, 2015

Yesterday, I visited the For Freedom museum in Knokke at the Belgian coast. It has been open for a few years now, but I never got around to visiting it. The main reason being that it is a bit out … Continue reading →

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